Ike, CVW-7 and Hue City sailors home For Independence Day

NORFOLK, VA, UNITED STATES

06.26.2013

Courtesy Story

NORFOLK, Va. - More than 5,000 sailors serving in the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) are scheduled to arrive at their homeports in Norfolk, Va., and Mayport, Fla., July 3, just in time for Independence Day celebrations.

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and embarked squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, along with the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66), are returning following five months of operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.

IKECSG ships USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), USS Farragut (DDG 99) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) returned in March after completing operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

While deployed, IKECSG served in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility, conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts, and missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.